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Masonic Anecdotes.
and nervous still . He took the Scotchman home , and cherished him to the clay of his death . " It is some time since that we introduced our talented countrywoman to the notice of our readers as versus Freemasonry . * We now quote her as exhibiting the practical utility ofthe Order under its holier attributes ; the heart ofthe renegade—dead to all other associations but of crime
—yet can be awaked to its irresistable appeal . The pirate-Mason , at the risk of his own life saves that of his brethren—what a sweet spirit is here shown!—the pirate no more , but warned by the benevolent affections he pants to succour and to save . Even in such hands the wine is blessed by Him whose ways are indeed mysterious—and the reward is—LIFE PRESERVED 1 Yet with this evidence before her—an evidence it is clear Harriet Martineau herself
fully credited , or she would not have published it , she does not even offer upon it a single observation . The enchanter , whose pen has given a sterling value to many neglected subjects , and has brightened some gems of originality , honestly ancl fearlessly encountered the difficulties attended upon the examination into all truth , with one exception—passes over a subject like this without a comment . But comment was not needed , excepting that the incident would have offered her an honourable opportunity of candidly doing tardy justice—by confessing her former error .
A MASON AND HIS SEVEN WIVES . —Mrs . Frances Trollope , in her last manufactured book , "Vienna and the Austrians , " in her visit to the chapel of the Holy Cross at Saltzburg , says she was told , that the name and effi gy engraved upon a certain tomb " were those of a Master Mason of Saltzburg , and the seven iron crosses ivhich reared themselves in a row before him marked the graves of his seven wives ! " At this , Mrs . Trollope exclaims , -- Heaven grant ! for his soul ' s sake , that they all came fairl y btheir endBut trul" she
y ; y , sagaciously observes , "there is something suspicious-looking in the heavy mallet which , with other emblems of his handicraft , rises , carved in high relief , upon his tomb . " The truth is , and if Mrs . Frances Trollope had had sufficient industry to inquire into the legend , she would have discovered the verity : this Master Mason was , of all men , the most proper fellow in Saltzburg , that would he , or would he not , as fast as one wife was taken from him , there was pulling of caps by all the townswomen to have him : —
" Like the waves of Ihe summer , as one died away , Another as bright and as shining came on . " The reason of this was , we have no doubt , that Master Masons were at rthe time , very scarce at Saltzburg .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Anecdotes.
and nervous still . He took the Scotchman home , and cherished him to the clay of his death . " It is some time since that we introduced our talented countrywoman to the notice of our readers as versus Freemasonry . * We now quote her as exhibiting the practical utility ofthe Order under its holier attributes ; the heart ofthe renegade—dead to all other associations but of crime
—yet can be awaked to its irresistable appeal . The pirate-Mason , at the risk of his own life saves that of his brethren—what a sweet spirit is here shown!—the pirate no more , but warned by the benevolent affections he pants to succour and to save . Even in such hands the wine is blessed by Him whose ways are indeed mysterious—and the reward is—LIFE PRESERVED 1 Yet with this evidence before her—an evidence it is clear Harriet Martineau herself
fully credited , or she would not have published it , she does not even offer upon it a single observation . The enchanter , whose pen has given a sterling value to many neglected subjects , and has brightened some gems of originality , honestly ancl fearlessly encountered the difficulties attended upon the examination into all truth , with one exception—passes over a subject like this without a comment . But comment was not needed , excepting that the incident would have offered her an honourable opportunity of candidly doing tardy justice—by confessing her former error .
A MASON AND HIS SEVEN WIVES . —Mrs . Frances Trollope , in her last manufactured book , "Vienna and the Austrians , " in her visit to the chapel of the Holy Cross at Saltzburg , says she was told , that the name and effi gy engraved upon a certain tomb " were those of a Master Mason of Saltzburg , and the seven iron crosses ivhich reared themselves in a row before him marked the graves of his seven wives ! " At this , Mrs . Trollope exclaims , -- Heaven grant ! for his soul ' s sake , that they all came fairl y btheir endBut trul" she
y ; y , sagaciously observes , "there is something suspicious-looking in the heavy mallet which , with other emblems of his handicraft , rises , carved in high relief , upon his tomb . " The truth is , and if Mrs . Frances Trollope had had sufficient industry to inquire into the legend , she would have discovered the verity : this Master Mason was , of all men , the most proper fellow in Saltzburg , that would he , or would he not , as fast as one wife was taken from him , there was pulling of caps by all the townswomen to have him : —
" Like the waves of Ihe summer , as one died away , Another as bright and as shining came on . " The reason of this was , we have no doubt , that Master Masons were at rthe time , very scarce at Saltzburg .